English Premier League

Newcastle United vs Leicester City, 2022-23 English Premier League

· English Premier League

Newcastle seal top-four finish after draw with Leicester

Newcastle United will rejoin Europe's elite in the Champions League next season after a 20-year absence following a 0-0 draw at home to struggling Leicester City on Monday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Offside, Newcastle United. Bruno Guimarães tries a through ball, but Callum Wilson is caught offside.
  • 4': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 8': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 8': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United).
  • 8': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 9': Delay in match because of an injury Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City).
  • 10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 11': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
  • 11': Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 14': Foul by Alexander Isak (Newcastle United).
  • 14': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dan Burn.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
  • 19': Elliot Anderson (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 19': Foul by Timothy Castagne (Leicester City).
  • 20': Foul by Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
  • 20': Jonny Evans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Elliot Anderson (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
  • 23': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
  • 25': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Foul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
  • 27': Foul by Alexander Isak (Newcastle United).
  • 27': Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 27': Delay in match because of an injury Alexander Isak (Newcastle United).
  • 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Dan Burn (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 32': Attempt missed. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Elliot Anderson.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 40': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Sven Botman (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 41': Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box following a corner.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
  • 41': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 43': Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Fabian Schär with a headed pass.
  • 43': Attempt missed. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 45': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Leicester City. James Maddison replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  • 48': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sven Botman.
  • 55': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Miguel Almirón.
  • 59': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Daniel Iversen.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabian Schär.
  • 60': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
  • 63': Substitution, Leicester City. Harvey Barnes replaces Jamie Vardy.
  • 63': Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Jonny Evans.
  • 64': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Sven Botman.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sean Longstaff.
  • 68': Substitution, Newcastle United. Allan Saint-Maximin replaces Callum Wilson.
  • 69': Foul by Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
  • 69': Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by James Maddison.
  • 71': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) hits the right post with a header from the right side of the six yard box following a corner.
  • 72': Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 72': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
  • 73': Attempt missed. Elliot Anderson (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Allan Saint-Maximin.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 77': Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy replaces Elliot Anderson.
  • 78': Foul by Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
  • 78': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
  • 83': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
  • 88': Substitution, Newcastle United. Anthony Gordon replaces Miguel Almirón.
  • 88': Delay in match because of an injury Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
  • 89': Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces Wilfred Ndidi because of an injury.
  • 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90': Foul by Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United).
  • 90': Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
  • 90'+1': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Harvey Barnes (Leicester City).
  • 90'+4': Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 0.

Statistics

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5 Fouls 9
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
1 Corner Kicks 12
3 Saves 1
22.4 Possession 77.6
1 SHOTS 23
1 ON GOAL 4
1.0 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
123 Accurate Passes 628
209 Passes 702
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 4
5 Crosses 33
0.2 Cross % 0.1
64 Long Balls 47
17 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.3 Long Balls % 0.7
0 Blocked Shots 6
8 Effective Tackles 2
17 Tackles 6
0.5 Tackle % 0.3
5 Interceptions 4
45 Effective Clearances 9
45 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: St. James' Park
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Attendance: 52,152

Premier League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Liverpool 36 +46 83
2 Arsenal 36 +33 68
3 Newcastle United 36 +23 66
4 Chelsea 37 +20 66
Full Table

Line-Ups

NEW Newcastle United (4-3-3)

No. Name
22 Nick Pope (GK)
4 Sven Botman
5 Fabian Schär
33 Dan Burn
2 Kieran Trippier
39 Bruno Guimarães Yellow Card
32 Elliot Anderson
36 Sean Longstaff
9 Callum Wilson
14 Alexander Isak Yellow Card
24 Miguel Almirón

LEI Leicester City (5-3-2)

No. Name
31 Daniel Iversen (GK)
6 Jonny Evans
3 Wout Faes
15 Harry Souttar
33 Luke Thomas
27 Timothy Castagne
8 Youri Tielemans
42 Boubakary Soumaré
25 Wilfred Ndidi
9 Jamie Vardy
14 Kelechi Iheanacho

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